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To mark America’s 250th anniversary, Donald Trump\u2019s $1 coin was created and now that it has launched, people have noticed something\u2019s off.<\/p>\n
To mark Independence Day 2026, which was the 250th anniversary of the\u00a0United States\u00a0becoming an independent country, the US treasury\u00a0announced in October last year\u00a0its plans to commemorate\u00a0Donald Trump\u00a0through a $1 coin.<\/p>\n
The coin had been planned with Trump\u2019s face in mind, which would see him raising his fist with the\u00a0US\u00a0flag in the background.<\/p>\n
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The Treasury went on to change its image idea and submitted three different options to the Commission of Fine Art to accept which will be minted onto coins.<\/p>\n
But now that the coins are here and have been released into circulation, as well as being made available for purchase in bags and roll, people have been quick to call out a specific detail.<\/p>\n
The picture option they eventually opted for was the one with Trump\u2019s face and the word \u2018Liberty\u2019 written above.<\/p>\n
Below, the dates show 1776 and 2026 and to the side, it states: \u201cIn God We Trust.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, people have since mocked it. And the reason?<\/p>\n
Because they say Trump has killed the nation\u2019s liberty.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI like that this design appears to show the birth date of liberty as 1776, and its death as 2026,\u201d wrote The Bulwark\u2019s economics editor Catherine Rampell.<\/p>\n
People on X have been quick to talk about their thoughts on the coin, with one person stating: \u201cI\u2019m slapping anyone who hands me a Donald Trump dollar coin.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another referenced the date, writing: \u201cLiberty died 2026? Weird to admit but I guess we all knew it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Someone else did too, commenting: \u201cIt certainly does feel like liberty is dead in 2026. You even added a portrait of the guy who killed it. Poignant. Either that or it’s Clavicular’s dad. Hard to tell.\u201d<\/p>\n
Some were also upset over the price of the $1 coin, which is 50% more than its value.<\/p>\n
On the Treasury\u2019s website, rolls of 25 $1 coins are $61, and bags of 100 coins are $154.50.<\/p>\n
Ever since it was announced in October last year, many Democrats attempted to block it from becoming reality.<\/p>\n
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Democratic Senators Jeff Merkley and Catherine Cortez Masto even created a bill to block the coin, with the former describing the coin as an ‘abuse of taxpayer dollars’.<\/p>\n
“President Trump’s self-celebrating maneuvers are authoritarian actions worthy of dictators like North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, not the United States of America,” he said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Cortez Masto added: “While monarchs put their faces on coins, America has never had and never will have a king. Our legislation would codify this country\u2019s long-standing tradition of not putting living Presidents on American coins.”<\/p>\n
However, others have been pretty excited to get their hands on the coins.<\/p>\n
Considering the website states that most of the coin options are no longer available, it\u2019s safe to say there is a market for them.<\/p>\n
UNILAD reached out to the White House for comment.<\/p>\n
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